THIS 1949 NASH AIRFLYTE IS LOCATED IN: RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739The aerodynamic 1949 Nash "Airflyte" was the first car of an advanced design introduced by the company after the...
THIS 1949 NASH AIRFLYTE IS LOCATED IN: RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 91739
The aerodynamic 1949 Nash "Airflyte" was the first car of an advanced design introduced by the company after the war. Its aerodynamic body shape was developed in a wind tunnel. A "radically aerodynamic" design was first proposed around 1943 by two independent designers, Ted Pietsch and Bob Koto, to Nash's Vice President of Engineering, Nils E. Wahlberg. The resulting all-new 1949 production cars were similar to the proposed sketches. The objective was to reduce the automobile's body's drag coefficient by using a smooth shape and enclosed front fenders. Closed fenders were conceived by Nash engineers also in the exploration for added strength of unibody construction, whereas Hudson, a close competitor incorporated an actual unibody frame section into its closed rear wheel openings at about the same time. The "cutting-edge aerodynamics" of the all-new postwar design were the most "alarming" in the industry since the Chrysler Airflow.
1949 NASH AIRFLYTE 600
CLEAN CALIFORNIA TITLE IN HAND
NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION
BLUE EXTERIOR WITH GRAY INTERIOR
THE ODOMETER SHOWS 79,039 MILES
INLINE 6 CYL. ENGINE
3 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION
GARAGE KEPT
RUNS, DRIVES AND STOPS
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